Bundle up and chill out: Record lows possible in Northeast by the weekend

Ralph Ellis, CNN |
11/8/2017, 1:17 p.m.

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(CNN) -- Folks on the East Coast should break out their winter coats.

A blast of arctic air will roll into the Northeast by late Thursday, bringing the coldest weather of the season this weekend.

Record lows 20 to 25 degrees below normal are possible in some cities in the Northeast on Friday night or Saturday morning, CNN meteorologist Monica Garrett said.

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New York City Weather Forecast by ZoomRadar

The weather was already chilly in the Northeast after a cold front came through, causing high temperatures to drop 15 to 20 degrees from Monday into Tuesday, Garrett said.

Hard on its heels, a second cold front will move over the northern Plains through the Midwest and Northeast in the next two days. It will bring the coldest air since last winter, Garrett said.

New York is predicted to have a low in the mid-20s Friday night, according to the National Weather Service. The city's high temperature for Friday will be 37 degrees, almost 20 degrees below the normal high for that date.

The mercury will drop to 22 degrees Friday night in Boston, the weather service says, with a high in the upper 30s.

"Record low for Boston for Sat Nov 11 is 24 set way back in 1901," the weather service in Boston tweeted. "That record may be vulnerable."

Temperatures in the Northeast should return to normal by early next week.